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Definition of Inebriate
1. Noun. A chronic drinker.
Specialized synonyms: Alcoholic, Alky, Boozer, Dipsomaniac, Lush, Soaker, Souse
Generic synonyms: Drinker, Imbiber, Juicer, Toper
Derivative terms: Drunk, Drink
2. Verb. Fill with sublime emotion. "The performance is likely to inebriate Sue"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"
Generic synonyms: Elate, Intoxicate, Lift Up, Pick Up, Uplift
Derivative terms: Beatification, Beatification, Exaltation, Exhilaration, Thrill, Thrill, Thrill
3. Verb. Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks).
Generic synonyms: Affect
Specialized synonyms: Befuddle, Fuddle
Derivative terms: Inebriant, Inebriation, Inebriation, Intoxicant, Intoxication
4. Verb. Become drunk or drink excessively.
Generic synonyms: Booze, Drink, Fuddle
Derivative terms: Inebriation, Inebriation, Soaker, Souse
Definition of Inebriate
1. v. t. To make drunk; to intoxicate.
2. v. i. To become drunk.
3. a. Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied.
4. n. One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum for inebriates.
Definition of Inebriate
1. Noun. A person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk. ¹
2. Verb. To cause to be drunk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inebriate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Medical Definition of Inebriate
1. Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied. "Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said." (Udall) Origin: L. Inebriatus, p. P. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inebriate
Literary usage of Inebriate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, Art, and National by John Walter Osborne (1870)
"inebriate asylums are expensive, and besides, not unnaturally ... the inebriate
performs acts commonly only ascribed to insanity or idiocy. ..."
2. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in ...by Edward William Cox by Edward William Cox (1899)
"Power of Secretary of State to establish inebriate reformatories. ... Regulations as
to certified inebriate reformatories drunkard, be charged to inquire ..."
3. Inebriety; Its Source, Prevention, and Cure by Charles Follen Palmer (1898)
"With the former well-informed friend of the inebriate the physical phase of
narcotic indulgence, the arduous * Dr. Folsom. ..."
4. Inebriety; Its Source, Prevention, and Cure by Charles Follen Palmer (1898)
"THE inebriate DIATHESIS.—The earliest teaching of ... With the former well-informed
friend of the inebriate the physical phase of narcotic indulgence, ..."
5. New York and Its Institutions, 1609-1872 by John Francis Richmond (1872)
"THE NEW YORK inebriate ASYLUM. has been for ages the withering curse of the race
in nearly every part of this world. It has feasted alike upon the innocency ..."
6. Philanthropy and the State, Or, Social Politics by Benjamin Kirkman Gray (1908)
"THE reformatory problem and the inebriate problem are in reality the same. ...
The inebriate home is founded on a response to a perception that the nature ..."
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